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Category: Sir Walter Scott

19th Century…

Walter Scott Rules in a Case of Wrongful Dismissal in 1812

22 Aug 2020
By Stephen Basdeo I came across a fascinating little book in a shop today, from 1918, titled Sir Walter Scott as Judge, transcribed and edited by John Chisholm. Chisholm was…
20th Century…

Reading Robin Hood in World War Two (1939–45): Data from Mass Observation

27 Jan 2018
Before the twentieth century, Robin Hood was a literary figure: he is the main protagonist in a number of important literary works such as A Gest of Robyn Hode (c.…
18th century…

The First Robin Hood Novel: Robert Southey’s “Harold, or, The Castle of Morford” (1791)

13 Jun 2017
(This is an updated version of an earlier post I made) Scholars generally point to 1819 as the year that the first Robin Hood novels appeared, these being the anonymous…
Abbotsford…

Law, Crime, and Friendship: Sir Walter Scott and Thomas ‘Tam’ Purdie

2 Apr 20172 Apr 2017
I have just returned from a conference entitled ‘Reworking Walter Scott’, held at the University of Dundee in Scotland, where I gave a paper on ‘The Chartist Robin Hood’ (a…
18th century…

Rob Roy (1671-1734)

13 Jan 2017
A famous man is Robin Hood, The English ballad-singer's joy! And Scotland has a thief as good, An outlaw of as daring mood; She has her brave ROB ROY! Then…
19th Century…

The Chartist Robin Hood: Thomas Miller’s “Royston Gower, or, The Days of King John” (1838)

4 Aug 20164 Aug 2016
The early nineteenth century witnessed two phenomenally successful Robin Hood novels: Walter Scott’s Ivanhoe (1819) and Thomas Love Peacock’s Maid Marian (1822). After those two novels, authors took a break…

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